[PATCH 16/16] net/dns_resolver: use credential guards in dns_query()

Christian Brauner brauner at kernel.org
Mon Nov 3 22:27:04 AEDT 2025


Use credential guards for scoped credential override with automatic
restoration on scope exit.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner at kernel.org>
---
 net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
index 82b084cc1cc6..53da62984447 100644
--- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
+++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ int dns_query(struct net *net,
 {
 	struct key *rkey;
 	struct user_key_payload *upayload;
-	const struct cred *saved_cred;
 	size_t typelen, desclen;
 	char *desc, *cp;
 	int ret, len;
@@ -124,9 +123,8 @@ int dns_query(struct net *net,
 	/* make the upcall, using special credentials to prevent the use of
 	 * add_key() to preinstall malicious redirections
 	 */
-	saved_cred = override_creds(dns_resolver_cache);
-	rkey = request_key_net(&key_type_dns_resolver, desc, net, options);
-	revert_creds(saved_cred);
+	scoped_with_creds(dns_resolver_cache)
+		rkey = request_key_net(&key_type_dns_resolver, desc, net, options);
 	kfree(desc);
 	if (IS_ERR(rkey)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(rkey);

-- 
2.47.3



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